Population/Community Health
Glendale, Calif.-based Adventist Medical Center has built a growing community of grief support facilitators.
In efforts to increase primary care use in the community and decrease avoidable emergency department visits, Copley Hospital in Morrisville, Vt., has spent the past few years examining state data to better understand its population’s needs.
AHA’s Association for Community Health Improvement’s annual conference is a chance for health care leaders to shape population health and equity initiatives from the ground up.
In a move to help fellow health care organizations improve clinical outcomes, simplify patient access to information, lower costs and meet payer and business requirements, Providence St. Joseph Health has launched Ayin Health Solutions, a for-profit population health management company.
Also in this weekly roundup of health care news: Providence St. Joseph Health launches population health company; Aetna, others try new approach to educate doctors about opioid alternatives.
In this webinar Rita Carreon, Deputy Vice President, Health with UnidosUS, and Jillian Warriner, manager of community benefit and health improvement at Sharp HealthCare discussed how building community collaboration and introducing novel partnerships are key to achieving health equity and ensure…
A new study adds to a growing body of literature suggesting that human insulins may result in similar clinical outcomes as higher cost insulin analogues for many patients with type 2 diabetes.
Connecticut hospitals and health systems generated $27.7 billion in economic activity in 2017, and invested $1.7 billion in community benefit initiatives.
Effingham, Ill.-based St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital addresses diabetic patients’ social risk factors; Adventist Health White Memorial Diabetes Program in Los Angeles takes families directly to the supermarket; and Sinai Hospital of Baltimore’s Diabetes Medical Home Extender Program treats high-…
Virginia hospitals and health systems provided nearly $3.3 billion in community benefit and other support in 2017, according to the latest annual report by the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association.